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CD Details

Released: March 14, 2006

Originally Released: 2005

Label: Collectables Records

Original Album: Reprise 6097 (1963)

Description by OLDIES.com:

Subtitled "Duke Ellington and his orchestra and 500 of Europe's finest musicians," this is a CD reissue of Ellington's 1963 album - featuring his orchestra along with the symphony and opera orchestras of Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm and La Scala.

In 1963 Duke Ellington realized a longtime goal, to record some of his extended works using both a symphony orchestra and his regular big band. Included on this fine CD are the three movements of "Night Creature," the relatively brief "Non-Violent Integration," "La Scala," and an adaptation of Ellington's "Harlem Air Shaft." With most of his all-star soloists heard from in this program and a complete avoidance of trying to make his music sound so-called "respectable" or self-consciously third stream, Ellington's arrangements keep the strings from weighing down the proceedings and the music is actually quite successful. ~ Scott Yanow